The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25

hbertleB, property and civilization Of the
people q LOUISIANA, say that you had the
bag allies, and the result was q carnival Of
nlsTuleI under which sthe earnings OF the
people were al absorbed in pluudeEing
OF band Of white adventures, 70 the i'm
pqEerlahment Of your white neiRhbcrs and
rage
the man who once ran Tor Lieutenant Cover
nor on the Liberal Republican ticket, who
said in lST2: We have picked all the flesh
oh Of the old pelican and now we viii 20 for
the marrow.
80 the colored men I would say, would
] have you treated with justice, and gladly
have the Governor, whoever Lac may be, treat
you with justice in respect to your PROPERTY
and your rights, but to have you put IN
Wie and children my property aud the civil
| izHIon and progress OF Louisiana, never rs
| long as my voice or my arm is able to resist. ?
- The case Of the Natchitoohes, Caddo aud
| Iensas prisoners was next discussed. IT was
| IDLE, said the speaker, to think about peace
| ana prosperity before 1878 in this State. 1t
Was then that the final redemption Of North
| Louisiana, including the parish Of Bossie-,
was effected. And when HollingsWOrth,
| Blanchard, Foster, Cunningham, PieTs0n,
and other citizens Of Red River and the citi-
gems Of Tensas and ConcordiA were dragged
| before the Federal courts for rescuing their
! parishes Gov. Nichols al least owed IL to
those citizens that had supported him in
| 1876 not TO have condemned them before Q
me card Of Grand Juror II, W. Green,
dated New Orleans, Feb, o, 1879, was next
/ read by the speaker, az was Senator TelleF's
| statement showing that the message Of the
| Governor was one of the chief bases Of the
| indictments. What was the reBult7 When
I i came TO an Investigation II was found that
| the charges against our citizens were false,
4 end they were acquitted and sent home. We
take exception to the declaration Of 1854,
THE HUNT CAMPAIGN,
BY. Gen. Nichols, that ''he would in the
! future lead the people Of all eolOrs and all
| parties" What does the language mean ?
How are the people Of. all cDlors and all par
ties 70 have a hearing before the DeROeratio
lie don't make bis charges solely against s.
| D. McEnery or members Of the adminigtra-
ton, but against the party, On this subject
| NichollB speeches. Tho alraignment is
against the Democratic party, as one inter-
ested in the material progress and develop
| uuent Of the State.
said Major Burke. Had Gov. McEnery's
been passive government what would be
the condition Of the agricultural and edues'
tional interests, the public institutions, the
| levees and the finanees7 ] believe in q Gov,
| eTllOT who has energetic policies for the ma
| teriGl develOpInent'of the State. Many resi-.
dents Of the hills object to the leyee tnI
The Constitution deyotes one mill to thif
| shall take charge OF the construction ant
maintenanee Of leyees, when the people Of
the hills will be relieved Of that tax and car
apply the one mill to schools.
WhHt was the most speedy method Of
reaching that relief for the people of the hill
parishes Gov. MeEnery called upon tbost
directly interested, whose property is di
rectly protected, and inauguiated polle!
government, and this plan Of cooperation
haJ resulted in SO interesting the govern
ment a. IBo demonstrating the va ue OF leyee
to NAVIGATION that the time Is fast neRTlni
when the United States government will tax
charge Of the entire leyee system and th
people Of the hills can be relieved,
The settlement Of the State, debt has bee
objected to, but the positions Of Gov, Nicholl
and Gov. MClGpery are identical on the CUES
ton Of that ettlement-precisely the same
as underestimate.
The speaker here read the petition mgne
by Gen. Nichols to Gov. McEneTy approving
the debt settlement on the basis Of 4 per cen
interest; alBO, statement showing Cos
Nichols position as stated IN 1879.
The settlement which had been proposed ]
the Constitutional Convention had not pee
accepted. About $500, 600 only bsd bee
accepted, and it remained source Of col
tention and litigation 30 long as that nun
over the State. II seemed important in aiC
ing us to secure money for a lowering,
the rates OF interest u the people that til
question ahonld be settled. With this out (
the way we thought that we could see MOI
capital flowing into puF ststs ~ when q Il Il
State, az public credit and private credit a.
| closely associated in the minds Of chpitatls'
} abroad, aud 10 That source we must look x
money to deveqpe Cur resources.
50 thought Both Gen, Nichols and Go
ThaPpaalsar believed thaa allof the FRIEND
Of McIEnbty would have been Rlad to me-
the gentlemen Of the opposition on the stnnl
and discuss the questions Of the day direct
before the people, aud not simply the que
| I tons OF twenty-five years ago, ana TO G2l
over the battle Of B77 again, -,
We have placed before the people Il
record OF the State administration, shown
Z what we have tried to do for the people, al
i we are willing TO BtpEd or fal upon II.
i referred to the
! QUESTION OF PERSONAL aoyERNMENT,
J with which his name had been: assQcieted
! II desire to say here, looking squarel
! into the faCed OF my fgl.OW-Demucratst th'
: no man holds . eonunl45lon from SalgQ
] Douglass McFnery for ". A. Burke--fot
Riagie mau- and my connections With u
E | Governor have only been m respeet 70 Y
t | finances and duties connected with the i
g terests Of the people falling t9 our duty.
. st ssilT u have had nothing to 40 vi
the distribution Of patronage. I do not no
Q nv commission from \. p. McEnofy b
= from the people Of the State, and sqnDo
Q him for reelection because ~ citizel
g deeply Interested ii the material prosper
9 81 Louisiana, Ibeheye that he i. GetlYe
d and earnestly aligned with every ,iye cue
n ton on the day which ID calculated to ple9
/ Louisiana on the high road TO prosperity q
] bring 70 her people wealth and nappinessl
i There was great denl Of enthusiasm q
y pleyed by the audience, and all the Hpeake
we're warmly aDplauded.
After the Bpeeoh-maBing everybody 20
q took Of the barbecue.